On Jan 7, 2012, Dave Ottalini, Washington Apple Pi Apple III SIG Chair, announced on the Facebook Apple /// Enthusiasts group that their Apple /// DVD, which formerly sold for $35, is now reclassified as public domain. Here’s the text of Dave’s announcement:
Folks – I’d like to let you know that I’ve decided to put the old Apple /// DVD into the public domain so that the information there can be freely accessed. If Mike or anyone cares to upload that material they are welcome!
Note that the video DVD of using the Apple /// in ten EZ Lessons can also go into the PD as far as I’m concerned.
Note that this image contains a corrupt version of the file A3 — WAP Disk Library.zip. A corrected version was made available to DVD owners and is provided here as a separate download.
WHAT’S IN THE APPLE /// DVD?
Categories include: WAP, A3 Info, A3 Tech Library, A3 Archives, Emulation,
///s Company BBS, Mac Software, Vendors, Fliptrack, A3 Media, MAUG,
Source Code, A3 Manuals, DataBases, and Videos. See below for a full listing.
Note: As for future projects, the /// community is talking about transferring
as many software titles as possible onto DVD(s) using the ADT format to
preserve the legacy of the Apple ///.
Want to be a part of it, contact us through the store email address. [pistore@wap.org]
What's on the DVD
A3 Articles – These are articles from magazines, online sources, ///’s Company BBS
and more. Virtually every UG article ever written about the ///!
• Apple /// Users International
• ATUNC
• Call A.P.P.L.E.
• How Do I?
• Internet
• On Three Magazine
• Phase /// Conference (1987)
• TAU
• The /// Magazine
• The Source
• The WAP Journal
A3 Info - Information from FAQs, Apple /// data and brochures, history and
miscellaneous materials like the Apple /// listserve and costs for Apple ///
products in the early to mid 1980s.
• A3 FAQs
• A3 History
• Miscellaneous
A3 Manuals Schematics -
A scanned version of the The Osborn-McGraw Hill Guide To The Apple /// by
Stan Miastakowski with added notes by Dave Ottalini. There’s also the ///
Confidence Program manual, the Apple /// Technical Reference Manual,
manuals from On Three and much more.
• OMG A3 Guide
Apple /// Manuals Including -
• A3PlusConfidence.pdf
• A3 Technical Reference Manual
• A3 Dealer Information Binder
• Standard Device Drivers Manual, SOS Undocumented Information, SOS
Reference, Pascal and CPM manuals. The original Apple /// and A3 Plus
manuals are also here.
A3 Schematics - Original Apple /// schematics in PDF format
On Three
• BOS Users Guide
• DeskTop Manager
Bonus!
• Scanned Softalk articles.
A3 Media – Lots of great audio and graphic files
• A3 Graphics
• A3 Movies – from David Craig – a visual tour of the ///.
• Audio Files – historic interviews and more.
• Icons
• Just Fun
• Photos – including hardware, software and events.
• Scanned Apple /// Ads (from various sources)
A3 Tech Library - All of Apple’s Technical Information Library (TIL) Apple /// notes.
• 3EZ Pieces
• A3 Tech Files
• A3TIL.Search
• A3TIL.Search.pdf
• Access3
• Apple ///
• AppleWriter
• B.Basic
• Catalyst
• CPM
• Emulation
• Hardware Info
• Misc.
• Printers.Cables
• Programming
• Quickfile
• Visicalc
A3 DataBases – The A3 Bibliography of all articles Apple /// and 3Works all
converted to File Make Pro 7. The A3 Bibliography is also in AppleWorks 6
format. Also aliases to ///s Company and A3 Tech Info databases.
• 3Works
• A3 Bibliography
A3 Emulation - Chris Smolinski’s effort to create an Apple /// emulation mode
for the Classic Mac. This folder includes all the early versions, source code
and needed files (including ROM). Essential Software - Adobe Acrobat for
Classic and OS X, and Stuffit Expander for Classic and OS X.
FlipTrack - Flip Track was a company that produced cassette-based learning
programs. Luckily for us, they made one about how to use the Apple ///.
WAP got the rights to copy them for you.
Mac Software - A folder that includes the Apple II ProDos extension that
allowed older Classic Macs to read ProDos (and hence SOS) formatted disks.
We’ve also included an Apple2DiskReader program for Macs that should also
work for Apple ///s. There’s also an explanation of a SOS Driver File Dumper
for the Mac.
MAUG - The Micronetworked Apple Users Group was one of the early Apple II
and /// online support groups and was hosted on CompuServe. These folders
contain many of the captured discussions from the Apple /// boards. You will
find many of the best Apple /// minds here!
• 1985
• 1986
• 1987
• 1988
• 1989
• 1990
• 1991
• 1992
• 1994
• What's Here?
• MAUG Compilations
A3 Source Code - Source code files in text or PDF format from SOS itself and
many of the drivers used with it.
• CMC20
• CONSOLE
• FORMATTER
• LANGUAGES
• MISC.
• MOUSE DRIVER
• PARALLEL.CARD
• PROFILE
• RS232
• SERIAL.PRINTER
• SOS
• A3 PROGRAM HEX DUMPS (Unix Executable Files)
///s Company BBS – One of the true gems on this disk – this folder includes
virtually all the informational files from Ed Gooding’s BBS. WAP ran it for a
year after he gave it up as you’ll see in the notes. Includes an FMPro 7
database listing all the files for you and what they are (since each is
identified by a lengthy string of numbers). There is lots of great stuff in here!
• 3Comp by Subject
• Company DataBase
• Company Q&A
• The Best Company Stuff
• Opening Info
